Dauber.



PATENTED JUNE 30, 1908; O. S. EMM BRT. DAUBBR.. I APPLIUATION rrnnn JU Y-10,1901.

CHARLES S. EMMERT, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

DAUBER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 30, 1908.

Application filed Jul; 10, 1907. Serial No. 383,002.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CIl-IARLES S. ICMMERT, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Daubers and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to improvements in daubers, or devices used for the pur )osc of applying liquid, pasty or dry material to various articles, as for instance, for applying blackin or the like, to boots and shoes, or for app ying polishing material to an article to be polishec The invention relates more specifically to a construction of the dauber swab, and the attachment thereof to a dauber head or handle, whereby a simple and economical dauber is produced, the swab'portion of which has a soft or yielding surface like that of a pile fabric, and is therefore particularly adapted to act as a means for transferring liquid or semi-liquid materials to the surface of an article to be coated therewith, or for polish ingrpurposes.

he mvention consists in the matters hereinafter set forth and more particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings :-Figure 1 illustrates the method of constructin a swab in accordance with my invention. i 2 represents a sectional view of the swab efore being applied to a head or handle. Fig. 3 represents a sectional View of the swab and head or handle, showing means for fastening the two together. Fig. 4 re resents artly in sectional view, the dauber ead and swab, showing a head Which'is recessed to receive the swab. Fig. 5 illustrates the swab attached to a bottle sto per. Fig. 6 showing a dauber provided wit a handle, such as may be used for applying blacking.

As shown in the drawings, A indicates a cylindric mass or bundle consisting of strands of compressible, fibrous or absorbent material, such as cotton yarn or the like, arran ed in parallel relation to each other. At suitable intervals said bundle of strands is ermanently wrapped or bound very tight y with wrappin s or encircling ands, w ich may consist o cords B, or wire rin as indicated by B, and the strands are t on cut transswab D, occasioned by as indicated at C 0, Owing to the compressibility or elasticity of the material of which the swab is constructed, the tight wrapping of the cord B, or wire ring 13 will cause the ends of the strands A to flare outwardly or extend radially in all directions,"

and to assume a spherical or approximately spherical shape, iving an exterior surface to tie swab rescmb ing that of a pile fabric, as indicated in Fig. 2. The completed swab is indicated in the drawings by the reference letter D. r

The swab D is attached to a head or handle E by means of a nail F which is forced through the ti htly compressed mass inclosed by the said band or wra ing B or B and driven into the head E. The nail is inserted centrally through said band or rin and its head engages the strands of the swa adjacent to the said band or ring, where the said strands are held in com ression, in substantially a solid mass. T c said strands bein confined between the nail head and the band or ring, the swab will be strongly, firmly and permanently secured to the head or handle. 'The resilience of the material of which the strands are composed will result in the ends of the layers of said material, which layers are greatly compressed between the ring 13 and the head flanges of the nail F, having a tendency to meet each other end to end, and cover the nail head. This tendency will result in a complete closure of the break in the spherical contour of the the insertion of said nail F, and prevent said nail head from coming in contact with the surface against which it IS a plied in use. The end portions of the strands at the side of the band or ring adjacent to the head or handle, will be flattened or spread radially outward, and the ends thereof will be combined with those at the opposite or outer side of the ring to afford a continuous rounded surface.

versely, midway between the binding points,

In Fig. 4 is shown a modification of the shagpd socket or recess referred to. By this met od of attachment, the head of the nail F will be prevented from coming into contact with the surface being polished or blackened, even after the dauber swab has been largely worn away by use.

Fig. 5 shows a swab head adapted. for use also as a stopper for a bottle which. contains a li uid polishing material. In this case the hea consists of a wooden handle portion E and an attached cork G, at the inner end thereof, and the swab is attached by a nail F, which nail is of sufficient length to allow it to pass through the cork into the wooden handle ortion. This is a desirable method of attac iing the swab D inasmuch as the nail may serve as an attaching means between the cork and wooden portion of the head.

Fig. 6 illustrates stil another modification, showing the dauber head E provided with a handle H, which extends at right angles thereto. The device thus constructed constitutes a convenient means for applying olish which is contained in a blacking, oil or ike an ordinary tin blacking fiat receptacle, box.

I claim as my invention:-

1. A dauber comprising a head, a bundle of strands of fibrous, flexible, compressible material, a band tightly encircling said strands midway betweentheir ends, and a nail extending centrally through said strands and band, and inserted into said head; the

inner end portions of said strands between the band and head being spread radially outward by their contact with. the head, and the strands being closely confined within. the band. and between the band and the adjacent surface of the head, so that the free ends of both the inner and outer end portions of the strands are caused to spread radially from the oint at which their central parts are so 00111110d within the band and between the band and head, and the ends oi" the strands are brought together to give to the surlace of the bundle of strands a continuous and rounded contour.

2. A dauber comprisin a head which consists of a wooden hancfie portion and an attached cork at the inner end thereof, a bundle of strands of fibrous compressible material, a band tightly confining said strands between their ends, and a nail extending centrally through said strands and. band and inserted through said cork and into the said wooden handle portion of the head.

In testimony, that I claim the foregoing as my invention I aflix my signature in the gresence of two witnesses, t is 5th day of uly A. D. 1907.

TAYLOR E. BROWN, GEORGE R. Wrmcnvs. 

